Mmip(>randra.\ xxv. diptehocarpe^. (W. T. Thiselton Dyer.) 317 



mndra does not differ from the SUmonoporus section of Valeria (with which 

 genus Thwaites now unites it) except in the number of stamens. Thwaites 

 however figured and described the ovary as 2-celled, and from the examina- 

 tion of M. cordifolia I iind this to be correct. 



1. M. cordifolia, Thwaites in Hook. Joum.'Bot. vi. (1854) 70 ; Enum. 39 ; 

 leaves ovate shortly caudate-acuminate base cordate or rounded midrib and 

 lateral nerves depressed above, panicles about 1 in. many-flowered. A. DC. 

 Prodr. xvi. 2, 237i Vateria cordifolia, Thwaites Enum. 404. 



Cetlon ; Ambagamowa and Saffragam districts, elevation about 3000 ft., Thwaites. 



A moderate-sized much branched tree ; young parts puberulous or glabresoent. Leaves 

 2-4J by 1-2 J in., glabrpus.on both surfaces, opaque above, lateral nerves about 7 pairs; 

 petiole J-1 in., tumid at the apex. Flowers drooping, yellovr. Calyx-segments lanceo- 

 late, acute. Fruit the size of a pea, brown, mottled. . 



2. nx. eleg'ans, Thwaites in Eooh. Joum. Bot. vi. (1854) 69, t. 2 B ; 

 Enum. 39 ; leaves elliptic abruptly and slenderly caudate-acuminate midrib 

 depressed lateral nerves prominent above, peduncles 1-4-flowered about 

 fin. 2. -0(7. Proc^r. xvi. 2, 636. Vateria elegans. Thwaites Enwm. iOi. 



Cetlon ; Saffragam district, alt. about 2000 ft., Thwaites. 



A moderate-sized tree;' young parts glabrescent. Leaves 2^-3 by J-1 in., base 

 obtuse or rounded, lateral nerves about 10 pairs; petiole J in. Calyx- segments linear- 

 lanceolate. Petals oblong, obtuse, pale- yellow. Anthers lanceolate, pulverulent. P'ruit 

 globose, ^j in. diam., with a drooping peduncle. 



An imperfect fruiting specimen of a large tree collected by Major Beddome in South 

 Tinnivelly and there called Karanyongoo, appears to belong to a new genus intermediate 

 between Paehynocarpus and VatiM. — ^Twigs brown barked, with minute white spots. 

 Leaves 3i-A^ by Ij-li in., lanceolate, obtuse, entire, lateral nerves 10 pairs, scarcely 

 prominent; petiole about ^ in- Flowers in short terminal or axillary puberulous 

 panicles ; pedicels J in. Calyic-tuhe very short, segments ^ in., ovate, minutely acumi- 

 nate, thickened, with numerous minute pale warts externally. Capsule % in. diam., nearly 

 globose, apiculate, glabrous, Stri'ate^ 'Seed solitary ; ' cotyledons fleshy, deeply 2-fid, 

 enclosing the superior radicle. 



Oedek XXVI. ]y[ALVACi:.S:. . (By .Maxwell T. Masters, F.K.S.) 



Herbs, shrubs or rarely soft-wooded trees, with mucilaginous rarely acid 

 juice, and tenacious inner bark ; herbaceous portions generally more or less 

 densely covered with stellate hairs. Leaves alternate, palminerved, simple 

 lobed or rarely compound. Stipules free, sometimes caducous. Bracteoles 3 

 or more, scattered or approximate, free or combined, often forming an epi- 

 calyx. Flowers axillary or terminal, solitary fascicled or cymoso-paniculate, 

 regular, hermaphrodite or 1 -sexual. Sepals 5, valvate, free or connate. 

 Pdals 5, twisted-imbricate. Stamens co , rarely definite, adnate to the base of 

 the petals ; filaments monadelphous, forming a tube, rarely a column ; 

 anthers oblong or renifojm, cells sinuous or twisted, linear 'or annular, 

 ultimately 1-celled, bursting longitudinally ; pollen globose, granular, 

 muriculate. Ovary Sr- many- celled, entire, or lobed, of 2-5 or usually more 

 carpels whorled round a central axis ; styles connate below or throughout 

 their length ; stigma;S linear peltate spathulate or capitate ; ovules 1 or 

 more, curved, attached to the inner angle of each carpel. Fruit of dry 

 indehiscent or dehiscent cocci, or capsular and loculicidal, sometimes large 

 and woody. Seeds reniform or obovid, glabrous hairy silky or wooUp; 



